ESPN reportedly considered a number of options to replace Wojnarowski, including promoting someone internally. However, given how closely intertwined Wojnarowski and Charania were in the realm of NBA news, hiring the former The Athletic reporter clearly made the most sense.

Shams Charania will reportedly be earning significantly less, less than half of his Adrian Wojnarowski salary.

Charania was less expansive when asked about how his relationship with former-teammate-turned-rival Adrian Wojnarowski. “Do I have to answer that?” Charania joked in reference

Adrian Wojnarowski had a classy message for Shams Charania after the latter was named Woj's successor at ESPN. Last month, Wojnarowski abruptly announced

While it is not exactly a huge surprise, but Shams Charania will replace his former mentor Adrian Wojnarowski as the lead NBA insider at ESPN.

ESPN didn't waste much time finding a replacement for Adrian Wojnarowski by hiring his longtime rival Shams Charania to replace its longtime NBA scoop

New ESPN reporter Shams Charania will reportedly be making far less at the network than his predecessor Adrian Wojnarowski did.

ESPN has hired The Athletic's senior NBA Insider Shams Charania for the same role at the worldwide sports network, replacing Adrian Wojnarowski.

Charania replaces his former mentor Adrian Wojnarowski, who recently retired, as the network’s top NBA newsbreaker.

Shams Charania talked to CNBC about joining ESPN to replace rival and former mentor Adrian Wojnarowski, aka Woj, as the network's NBA insider.